Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	78.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	86.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '17 at 02:07
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	72.2% Very good	Memory 76 1-Core 98.2 2-Core 194 70% 123 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 592 59% 480 Pts	64-Core 559 35% 559 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.5% Very good	Lighting 98.8 Reflection 104 Parallax 103 80% 102 fps	MRender 88 Gravity 85.1 Splatting 97 74% 90 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SUV300S37A240G 240GB 5,323 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 223GB free Firmware: SAFM11.K Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1898 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 260 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 223 (AD) Unknown 100 100 196627 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1245187 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 64 (C2) HDA temperature 65 60 171799543843 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 885 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1476 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1175 (F4) Unknown 100 100 3 (F5) Unknown 100 100 19 (F6) Unknown 100 100 266784	71.3% Very good	Read 374 Write 376 Mixed 367 83% 372 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 58.7 4K Mixed 13.6 84% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 58.2 83% 156 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 92%
Liteon L8H-256V2G-HP 256GB 4,213 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2803 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 205 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 457 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 33 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 34272 (F2) Unknown 100 100 39203	86.1% Excellent	Read 504 Write 265 Mixed 355 83% 375 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 33.2 124% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 67.4 103% 195 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 93%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2TB free Firmware: JKAOA3NH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 101 (03) Spinup time 128 128 51576504886 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 238 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 36 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 33074 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 117 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 640 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 640 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 236224053282 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	64.6% Good	Read 116 Write 109 Mixed 112 85% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.34 88% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 68%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2009)-$80 42,987 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 298GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 189 187 1516 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5711 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10847 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3288 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 68 90195689795 (BE) vendor-specific 71 26 29 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 430 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1024823 (C2) HDA temperature 118 73 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 289 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	32.8% Below average	Read 57.1 Write 56.7 Mixed 53.8 42% 55.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.32 90% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GB 26,065 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	61.4% Good	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 19.9 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 16.2 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 88.3 45% 88.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 89%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 86%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,545x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	841x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	887x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	469x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	312x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	342x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $972

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16